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[QUOTE="Crusty, post: 5211998, member: 2265"]
...to good and bad teams. Bad matchups, injuries, questionable calls at inopportune times and sometimes just getting outcoached and/or outplayed are some of the reasons for embarrassing blowouts. A good Nebraska team gets boat raced 56-7, Chapel Hill gives up 70 against JMU, South Carolina drubs OU 35-9, TAM 41 Mizzou 10 etc. It happens.

Given what we have seen this season, this was bound to happen to us. McCord, who has been outstanding, throws a lot of 50-50 balls and is forced to rely on the quick game far too often with our work-in-progress oline. All in all a somewhat high-risk passing game. The perfect storm of a good pass rush, corners that can play good press coverage and fast LBs hit us with a well-coached Pitt team. Granted, 3 pick sixes is a bit much - where interceptions happen explains a lot. I don’t expect a repeat.

The good news is the defense. We held Pitt to 13 first downs, 2-9 third down conversions. 217 total yards and only 73 rushing yards. TOP was 41:12 to 18:48. We should win every game with those defensive statistics.

I don't mean to absolve McCord as it was a terrible performance. His well-known lack of mobility and run threat caught up with him.  It probably destroyed his draft prospects.

Remove the twenty-one points on pick sixes makes it 21-13 not counting lost scoring opportunities. Who knows, probably a different outcome.

We have four winnable games remaining. I think winning three of them would be a great step forward for Coach Fran's first season.

Forget this one and move along.
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